Program Official
Principal Investigator
Jane C.
Figueiredo
Awardee Organization
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
United States
Fiscal Year
2022
Activity Code
U54
Early Stage Investigator Grants (ESI)
Not Applicable
Project End Date
NIH RePORTER
For more information, see NIH RePORTER Project 3U54CA260591-02S2
Diversity and Determinants of the Immune-Inflammatory Response to SARS-CoV-2
Our goal is to inform public health guidelines on COVID-19 vaccine and boosters to reduce SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe illness in immunocompromised populations. To do so requires large datasets of well-defined populations with clinical information and a robust collaborative infrastructure able to evolve as new research questions arise during the pandemic. Therefore, we propose to mimic the NA-ACCORD strategy of pooling cohorts at multiple sites in North America. In this Pooling Project, we will merge data from both (i) electronic medical record (EMRs) as well as (ii) prospective cohorts from 11 geographically disperse SeroNet sites across the U.S. Data harmonization efforts will be streamlined, and analyses will be divided by research area across all sites to allow multiple publications to occur simultaneously.
Publications
- Takahashi M, Lio CJ, Campeau A, Steger M, Ay F, Mann M, Gonzalez DJ, Jain M, Sharma S. The tumor suppressor kinase DAPK3 drives tumor-intrinsic immunity through the STING-IFN-β pathway. Nature immunology. 2021 Apr;22(4):485-496. Epub 2021 Mar 25. PMID: 33767426
- Botwin GJ, Li D, Figueiredo J, Cheng S, Braun J, McGovern DPB, Melmed GY. Adverse Events After SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2021 Aug 1;116(8):1746-1751. PMID: 34047304
- Ebinger JE, Lan R, Driver M, Sun N, Botting P, Park E, Davis T, Minissian MB, Coleman B, Riggs R, Roberts P, Cheng S. Seasonal COVID-19 surge related hospital volumes and case fatality rates. BMC infectious diseases. 2022 Feb 23;22(1):178. PMID: 35197000
- Karger AB, Brien JD, Christen JM, Dhakal S, Kemp TJ, Klein SL, Pinto LA, Premkumar L, Roback JD, Binder RA, Boehme KW, Boppana S, Cordon-Cardo C, Crawford JM, Daiss JL, Dupuis AP 2nd, Espino AM, Firpo-Betancourt A, Forconi C, Forrest JC, Girardin RC, Granger DA, Granger SW, Haddad NS, Heaney CD, Hunt DT, Kennedy JL, King CL, Krammer F, Kruczynski K, LaBaer J, Lee FE, Lee WT, Liu SL, Lozanski G, Lucas T, Mendu DR, Moormann AM, Murugan V, Okoye NC, Pantoja P, Payne AF, Park J, Pinninti S, Pinto AK, Pisanic N, Qiu J, Sariol CA, Simon V, Song L, Steffen TL, Stone ET, Styer LM, Suthar MS, Thomas SN, Thyagarajan B, Wajnberg A, Yates JL, Sobhani K. The Serological Sciences Network (SeroNet) for COVID-19: Depth and Breadth of Serology Assays and Plans for Assay Harmonization. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. 2022 Mar 14. PMID: 35262095
- Kim H, Hegde S, LaFiura C, Raghavan M, Sun N, Cheng S, Rebholz CM, Seidelmann SB. Access to personal protective equipment in exposed healthcare workers and COVID-19 illness, severity, symptoms and duration: a population-based case-control study in six countries. BMJ global health. 2021 Jan;6. (1). PMID: 33509841
- Datta GD, Lauzon M, Salvy SJ, Hussain SK, Ghandehari S, Merchant A, Merin NM, Reckamp K, Figueiredo JC. Cancer Screening Practices Among Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in public health. 2022 Mar 14;10:801805. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.801805. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35372243
- Figueiredo JC, Ihenacho U, Merin NM, Hamid O, Darrah J, Gong J, Paquette R, Mita AC, Vescio R, Mehmi I, Basho R, Salvy SJ, Shirazipour CH, Caceres N, Finster LJ, Coleman B, Arnow HU, Florindez L, Sobhani K, Prostko JC, Frias EC, Stewart JL, Merchant A, Reckamp KL. SARS-CoV-2 vaccine uptake, perspectives, and adverse reactions following vaccination in patients with cancer undergoing treatment. Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology. 2022 Jan;33(1):109-111. Epub 2021 Oct 20. PMID: 34687893
- Rivas MN, Ebinger JE, Wu M, Sun N, Braun J, Sobhani K, Van Eyk JE, Cheng S, Arditi M. BCG vaccination history associates with decreased SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence across a diverse cohort of health care workers. The Journal of clinical investigation. 2021 Jan 19;131. (2). PMID: 33211672
- Figueiredo JC, Merin NM, Hamid O, Choi SY, Lemos T, Cozen W, Nguyen N, Finster LJ, Foley J, Darrah J, Gong J, Paquette R, Mita AC, Vescio R, Mehmi I, Basho R, Tourtellotte WG, Huynh CA, Melmed GY, Braun J, McGovern DPB, Mengesha E, Botwin G, Prostko JC, Frias EC, Stewart JL, Joung S, Van Eyk J, Ebinger JE, Cheng S, Sobhani K, Reckamp KL, Merchant A. Longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine-Induced Humoral Immune Responses in Patients with Cancer. Cancer research. 2021 Dec 15;81(24):6273-6280. Epub 2021 Nov 10. PMID: 34759001
- Li D, Xu A, Mengesha E, Elyanow R, Gittelman RM, Chapman H, Prostko JC, Frias EC, Stewart JL, Pozdnyakova V, Debbas P, Mujukian A, Horizon AA, Merin N, Joung S, Botwin GJ, Sobhani K, Figueiredo JC, Cheng S, Kaplan IM, McGovern DPB, Merchant A, Melmed GY, Braun J. The T-cell clonal response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in inflammatory bowel disease patients is augmented by anti-TNF therapy and often deficient in antibody-responders. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. 2021 Dec 8. PMID: 34909785
- Ebinger JE, Fert-Bober J, Printsev I, Wu M, Sun N, Prostko JC, Frias EC, Stewart JL, Van Eyk JE, Braun JG, Cheng S, Sobhani K. Antibody responses to the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2. Nature medicine. 2021 Jun;27(6):981-984. Epub 2021 Apr 1. PMID: 33795870
- Liu Y, Ebinger JE, Mostafa R, Budde P, Gajewski J, Walker B, Joung S, Wu M, Bräutigam M, Hesping F, Rupieper E, Schubert AS, Zucht HD, Braun J, Melmed GY, Sobhani K, Arditi M, Van Eyk JE, Cheng S, Fert-Bober J. Paradoxical sex-specific patterns of autoantibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Journal of translational medicine. 2021 Dec 30;19(1):524. PMID: 34965855
- Bello NA, Bairey Merz CN, Cheng S. A Scientific Imperative as Seen Through a Sharpened Lens: Sex, Gender, and the Cardiovascular Condition. Circulation research. 2022 Feb 18;130(4):433-435. Epub 2022 Feb 17. PMID: 35175842
- Kushnareva Y, Mathews IT, Andreyev AY, Altay G, Lindestam Arlehamn CS, Pandurangan V, Nilsson R, Jain M, Sette A, Peters B, Sharma S. Functional Analysis of Immune Signature Genes in Th1* Memory Cells Links ISOC1 and Pyrimidine Metabolism to IFN-γ and IL-17 Production. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 2021 Mar 15;206(6):1181-1193. Epub 2021 Feb 5. PMID: 33547171
- Xian H, Watari K, Sanchez-Lopez E, Offenberger J, Onyuru J, Sampath H, Ying W, Hoffman HM, Shadel GS, Karin M. Oxidized DNA fragments exit mitochondria via mPTP- and VDAC-dependent channels to activate NLRP3 inflammasome and interferon signaling. Immunity. 2022 Aug 9;55(8):1370-1385.e8. Epub 2022 Jul 13. PMID: 35835107
- Yuan N, Ji H, Sun N, Botting P, Nguyen T, Torbati S, Cheng S, Ebinger J. Pseudo-safety in a cohort of patients with COVID-19 discharged home from the emergency department. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ. 2021 Apr;38(4):304-307. Epub 2021 Feb 18. PMID: 33602725
- Ebinger J, Wells M, Ouyang D, Davis T, Kaufman N, Cheng S, Chugh S. A Machine Learning Algorithm Predicts Duration of hospitalization in COVID-19 patients. Intelligence-based medicine. 2021;5:100035. Epub 2021 May 27. PMID: 34075366
- Ebinger JE, Fert-Bober J, Printsev I, Wu M, Sun N, Figueiredo JC, Eyk JEV, Braun JG, Cheng S, Sobhani K. Prior COVID-19 Infection and Antibody Response to Single Versus Double Dose mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. 2021 Feb 26. PMID: 33655279
- Yuan N, Botting PG, Elad Y, Miller SJ, Cheng S, Ebinger JE, Kittleson MM. Practice Patterns and Patient Outcomes After Widespread Adoption of Remote Heart Failure Care. Circulation. Heart failure. 2021 Oct;14(10):e008573. Epub 2021 Sep 30. PMID: 34587763
- Ebinger JE, Lan R, Sun N, Wu M, Joung S, Botwin GJ, Botting P, Al-Amili D, Aronow H, Beekley J, Coleman B, Contreras S, Cozen W, Davis J, Debbas P, Diaz J, Driver M, Fert-Bober J, Gu Q, Heath M, Herrera E, Hoang A, Hussain SK, Huynh C, Kim L, Kittleson M, Liu Y, Lloyd J, Luong E, Malladi B, Merchant A, Merin N, Mujukian A, Nguyen N, Nguyen TT, Pozdnyakova V, Rashid M, Raedschelders K, Reckamp KL, Rhoades K, Sternbach S, Vallejo R, White S, Tompkins R, Wong M, Arditi M, Figueiredo JC, Van Eyk JE, Miles PB, Chavira C, Shane R, Sobhani K, Melmed GY, McGovern DPB, Braun JG, Cheng S, Minissian MB. Symptomology following mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. Preventive medicine. 2021 Dec;153:106860. Epub 2021 Oct 20. PMID: 34687733
- Karger AB, Brien JD, Christen JM, Dhakal S, Kemp TJ, Klein SL, Pinto LA, Premkumar L, Roback JD, Binder RA, Boehme KW, Boppana S, Cordon-Cardo C, Crawford JM, Daiss JL, Dupuis AP 2nd, Espino AM, Firpo-Betancourt A, Forconi C, Forrest JC, Girardin RC, Granger DA, Granger SW, Haddad NS, Heaney CD, Hunt DT, Kennedy JL, King CL, Krammer F, Kruczynski K, LaBaer J, Lee FE, Lee WT, Liu SL, Lozanski G, Lucas T, Mendu DR, Moormann AM, Murugan V, Okoye NC, Pantoja P, Payne AF, Park J, Pinninti S, Pinto AK, Pisanic N, Qiu J, Sariol CA, Simon V, Song L, Steffen TL, Stone ET, Styer LM, Suthar MS, Thomas SN, Thyagarajan B, Wajnberg A, Yates JL, Sobhani K. The Serological Sciences Network (SeroNet) for COVID-19: Depth and Breadth of Serology Assays and Plans for Assay Harmonization. mSphere. 2022 Aug 31;7(4):e0019322. Epub 2022 Jun 15. PMID: 35703544
- Ebinger JE, Botwin GJ, Albert CM, Alotaibi M, Arditi M, Berg AH, Binek A, Botting P, Fert-Bober J, Figueiredo JC, Grein JD, Hasan W, Henglin M, Hussain SK, Jain M, Joung S, Karin M, Kim EH, Li D, Liu Y, Luong E, McGovern DPB, Merchant A, Merin N, Miles PB, Minissian M, Nguyen TT, Raedschelders K, Rashid MA, Riera CE, Riggs RV, Sharma S, Sternbach S, Sun N, Tourtellotte WG, Van Eyk JE, Sobhani K, Braun JG, Cheng S. Seroprevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open. 2021 Feb 12;11(2):e043584. PMID: 33579769
- Barsky LL, Ebinger JE, Alotaibi M, Jain M, Torbati S, Rosen BT, Cheng S. Efficacy of clinical evaluations for COVID-19 on the front line. International journal of emergency medicine. 2020 Nov 7;13(1):54. PMID: 33160316
- Pozdnyakova V, Weber B, Cheng S, Ebinger JE. Review of Immunologic Manifestations of COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination. Cardiology clinics. 2022 Aug;40(3):301-308. Epub 2022 Mar 29. PMID: 35851453
- Merin NM, LeVee AA, Merlo CA, Spector K, Coleman H, Klapper E, Hayes C, Zabner R, McDyer JF, Eby YJ, Sullivan DJ, Tobian AAR, Bloch EM, Hager DN. The feasibility of multiple units of convalescent plasma in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19: A pilot study. Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis. 2022 Aug;61(4):103423. Epub 2022 Mar 15. PMID: 35337753
- Xian H, Karin M. Oxidized mitochondrial DNA: a protective signal gone awry. Trends in immunology. 2023 Mar;44(3):188-200. Epub 2023 Feb 2. PMID: 36739208